Shai Fund INC: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 47-1683585)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$521K
FY2021	$3.5M
FY2022	$3.6M
FY2023	$2.7M
FY2024	$1.7M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$545K
FY2021	$2.3M
FY2022	$2.7M
FY2023	$3.2M
FY2024	$1.5M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$746K
FY2021	$1.9M
FY2022	$2.8M
FY2023	$2.3M
FY2024	$2.5M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Oct 2014.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

67%

19%

14%

Program services 67% · $1.0M Management & general 19% · $294K Fundraising 14% · $222K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990; $295K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Charmaine Hedding

President, E

$181,583Pt VII · Sec A

Daryl Hedding

Treasurer

$113,625Pt VII · Sec A

Lela Gilbert

Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Debbie Saperia

Board Member

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Charmaine Hedding’s $182K as President, E is at the 71st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M international nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Unite to provide humanitarian aid in disaster relief and development situations.

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3 programs · $1.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Shai fund worked in 11 countries including afghanistan, armenia, ethiopia, iraq, israel, myanmar, somalia, sudan, syria, turkey and the united states of america in 2024 with humanitarian programming that assisted a total of 42,519 people.

$584Kprogram expense

02

The syria relief fund responds to the urgent humanitarian crisis across syria by providing critical aid to families affected by ongoing conflict, displacement, and the aftermath of the decades long civil war. Relief work focuses on emergency relief, medical care, and long-term recovery to help communities rebuild and thrive.

$337Kprogram expense

03

The israel crisis relief fund is designed to assist the israeli people after the attack of hamas from gaza. This program is designed to provide assistance in three ways: 1. Evacuating those needing to relocate out of the crisis zone 2. Returning foreign israeli's back to israel to aid their home country 3.

$103Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2025

Mercury One INCFY2025$485K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$485K

Grants paid · 19 grants · $723K · 2022–2024

Calvary Road MinistriesTX · FY2024$122,400

Strategic Resource GroupFY2024$21,829

October 7th Coalition INCTN · FY2024$21,173

Grass Roots Development INCVA · FY2024$11,347

Arc International CorporationGA · FY2024$8,800

Cedar Hill Baptist ChurchFY2023$167,187

Promedica LtdFY2023$50,580

Grass Roots Development INCVA · FY2023$43,000

Goodness OutreachFY2023$24,000

Individual RecipientFY2023$15,000

Jewish Family ServicesFY2023$12,528

Calvary Road MinistriesTX · FY2023$10,000

United Christian Missions INCNC · FY2023$7,988

Every Shelter INCTX · FY2022$69,740

Individual RecipientFY2022$56,250

Mantle Service GroupFY2022$37,820

Calvary Road MinistriesTX · FY2022$22,105

International Generosity Foundation TrustFL · FY2022$15,000

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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.7M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M

Investment incomeLn 3$58K

Money outPt IX

$1.5M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.0M

Managementcol C$294K

Fundraisingcol D$222K

Owns and owesPt X

$2.5M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.6M

Total assetsLn 16$2.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$97K

PeoplePt VI, VII

4

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a4

IndependentVI 1b2

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M

Investment incomeLn 3$58K

Total revenueLn 12$1.7M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$594K

SavingsLn 2$2.0M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.6M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K

Total assetsLn 16$2.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$97K

Net assetsLn 32$2.5M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 6148

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$2.4M	$2.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$776	$2K
Total assetsLn 16	$2.4M	$2.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$48K	$97K
Net assetsLn 32	$2.3M	$2.5M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$186K	$186K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$643K	$643K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$295K	$178K	$55K	$62K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$114K		$76K	$38K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$9K		$6K	$3K
Management feesLn 11a	$89K	$10K	$26K	$53K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$15K		$15K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e	$49K			$49K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$23K	$5K	$18K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$21K		$7K	$13K
Office expensesLn 13	$7K		$7K
TravelLn 17	$47K		$45K	$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$412		$412
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$43K	$3K	$39K	$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.5M	$1.0M	$294K	$222K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$1.7M	$1.5M	$171K	$2.5M	990 PDF
FY2023	$2.7M	$3.2M	−$475K	$2.3M	990 PDF
FY2022	$3.6M	$2.7M	$895K	$2.8M	990 PDF
FY2021	$3.5M	$2.3M	$1.2M	$1.9M	990 PDF
FY2020	$521K	$545K	−$24K	$746K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $1,711,027 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,712,185$1,652,806

I-9 Program service revenue$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $8,819$58,221

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,721,004$1,711,027

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,598,164$828,612

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $122,952$418,062

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$49,300

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $475,174$243,840

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,196,290$1,539,814

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$475,286$171,213

Part VI · Governance 2 of 4 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4

VI-1b Independent voting members2

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,711,027 across 4 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,652,806

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,652,806

VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $58,221$58,221

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $58,221$1,711,027

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,539,814 across 14 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $185,549$185,549

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $643,063$643,063

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $178,150 · Management $54,893 · Fundraising $62,165$295,208

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesManagement $76,380 · Fundraising $37,620$114,000

IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $5,932 · Fundraising $2,922$8,854

IX-11a Management feesPrograms $9,877 · Management $25,690 · Fundraising $52,954$88,521

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,750$14,750

IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $49,300$49,300

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $4,512 · Management $18,138$22,650

IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $7,300 · Fundraising $13,325$20,625

IX-13 Office expensesManagement $6,603$6,603

IX-17 TravelManagement $44,665 · Fundraising $2,610$47,275

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $412$412

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,045 · Management $38,759 · Fundraising $1,200$43,004

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,024,196 · Management $293,522 · Fundraising $222,096$1,539,814

Part X · Balance sheet $2,601,188 assets, 12 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,868,310$593,803

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $511,573$2,005,404

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $776$1,981

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,380,659$2,601,188

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $47,983$48,302

X-19 Deferred revenue$48,545

X-25 Other liabilities$452

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $47,983$97,299

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,154,971$1,878,171

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $177,705$625,718

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,332,676$2,503,889

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,380,659$2,601,188

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,503,889 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,711,027

XI-2 Total expenses$1,539,814

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$171,213

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,332,676

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,503,889

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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